Seasonal Educator at Wright-Locke Farm (Winchester, MA)

NOTE: Candidates are encouraged to apply for more than one of the following positions as they take place during different parts of the program season, meaning work schedules do not overlap. However, applying to work only one program period doesn’t affect your candidacy.

The farm is now hiring Educators for its April vacation, spring after school, and summer vacation programs for children in grades K – 8. Educators are paid $12 per hour to facilitate programs. All farm staff are required to undergo a CORI check prior to the start of their work period (the farm will do this upon hiring).

An Educator’s responsibilities include:

- Reading program materials (provided by the farm) prior to the start of the program(s)

- Attending required paid training at the farm prior to the program start (8 hours for spring after school and 16 hours for summer vacation unless alternative arrangements made)

- Facilitation of youth programs

Teaching lessons and leading activities

Modifying lessons and activities as necessary

Setting up before and cleaning up after each program session

- Communication with student volunteers

Delegating tasks and duties to volunteers before, during, and after program sessions

Maintaining positive relationships with volunteers

- Communication with the Education Director

Providing feedback about successful and unsuccessful lessons and activities

Updating the Education Director about volunteer performances

Notifying the Education Director of any known issues

Candidates for the Educator position should:
• have a strong interest and/or background in teaching children about farming, nature, healthy eating, or related subjects (experience preferred but not required)
• enjoy working with children
• have a positive attitude, be a strong leader, and be able to adapt to changing environments
• be comfortable handling farm animals (no experience required)
• be able to lift at least 30 lbs
• be comfortable working outdoors- rain or shine!
• have reliable transportation

We seek to hire Educators for the following programs (work schedules listed below and on wlfarm.org with more detail):

- Spring After School Programs: May 2 – June 13 (Mon – Thur; no session 5/30) from 2:30 – 5:30pm. Additional education hours will be available May – June during select weekday mornings when preschool programs and school field trips are scheduled. Educators may also work additional hours in our farm stand (mornings only, Mon – Fri).

- Summer Vacation Programs: We are hiring two teams of Educators for our summer programs; one team will facilitate morning programs for children in grades K – 2 and the other team will facilitate afternoon and all-day programs for children in grades K – 5.

All programs are hosted Mon – Fri, June 20 – July 1 and July 11 – August 19

Summer vacation Educators can work additional hours in the farm stand (mornings only, Mon – Fri) or up to 12 additional hours per week in the fields with our farm crew (mornings or afternoons, Tue – Fri); wages for farm stand and fieldwork will be $10 – 11 per hour depending on experience.